"Medicare" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D006278
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicare- Medicare
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicare" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicare" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 2017 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2018 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2019 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 2020 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2021 | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| 2022 | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| 2023 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Health care use and costs associated with clinically impactful immune-related adverse events during immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2026 Aug; 32(8):979-993.
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DIscontinuation of disease-modifying therapies in older adults with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2026 Sep; 113:107378.
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Obstructive sleep apnea and functional hearing loss over 8?years: results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 06 03; 195(6):1563-1571.
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Effect of the initial combination approach vs initial monotherapy approach on 1-year trajectories of adherence in drug-naive patients with type 2 diabetes. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2026 Jun; 32(6):717-734.
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Hospice Enrollments From The Emergency Department Feature Short Admissions And High-Acuity Hospice Care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2026 Jun; 45(6):700-707.
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Safety and effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors in older adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and pre-existing autoimmune disease - A SEER-Medicare study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2026 May; 17(4):102971.
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Hyperpolypharmacy and readmission risk among Medicare beneficiaries: the role of postdischarge care. Am J Manag Care. 2026 Mar 01; 32(3):e71-e82.
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Interpretable Ensemble Machine Learning Prediction of Nonadherence and the Risk of Nonpersistence of Targeted Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Agents in Older Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clin Ther. 2026 Mar; 48(3):214-225.
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Guideline-concordance along the cancer care continuum and breast cancer mortality by race and ethnicity: a SEER-Medicare study. Cancer Causes Control. 2026 Jan 21; 37(2):33.
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Shifting Procedural Burden: A Nine-Year Analysis of Radiologist-Performed Paracentesis and Thoracentesis in the United States. Acad Radiol. 2026 Apr; 33(4):1713-1717.